A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

nu 293 oblique
nu, monter un cheval h , b, dos , (man.) to
ride bareback;
du mur, bare part of a wall ;
ceil , naked eye;
pays , (top.) bare, treeless country;
s en platr e, (ma*.) plaster ribs on a wall to be
plastered (to determine the surface);
e propriete, (law) property without usufruct;
(-)proprietaire, (law) the possessor of a e
propriete .
image, m., cloud, haze, mist, darkness; (hipp.)
cloudiness (disease of the eye), slight opalescence
of the cornea;
balle de coton, cumulus;
en bandes, cirro-stratus;
en bandes gras, stratus;
s bas, lower clouds;
de chat, v. queue de vache;
d'ete, summer oloud, cumulus;
h grain, v. & pluie;
s hauts, upper clouds;
moufonne, fleecy cloud;
moutonnetix, v. pommelc;
orageux, thundercloud, nimbus;
d pluie, rain cloud;
pommele, mackerel sky, cirro-cumulus*
queue de vache, cirrus, mare's tail;
de vent, venteux, wind cloud.
nuageux, a., cloudy.
nuaison, f., steady wind; time during which a
wind blows steadily.
nuance, f., shade, tint; (met.) brand (of steel).
nuancer, v. a., to shade, tint, variegate.
nufee, f., cloud; storm; (fig.) host, multitude, flock.
nuer, v. a., to shade (a drawing, etc.).
nuit, f., night;
avoir la franche, (mil.) to have the night off
duty; to have a night in bed (U. S. A.);
binocle de , night glass;
d'un cheval, hay, straw, given to a horse during
the night;
de , by night;
lunette de , night glass;
permission de , (mil.) night pass;
quart de , night watch;
de repos, (mil.) night in bed (U. S. A.);
ronde de , (mil.) night rounds, rounds.
nuite, f., duration of the night; night's work.
nullc, f.. in cryptography, a nonsignificant letter,
word, or phrase.
oasis, f., oasis.
obeir, v. n., to obey; to yield; to give way before;
ft la barre, (nav.) to answer the helm;
& I'eperon, ft, la main, etc., (man.) to heed
the spur, the hand, etc.
obissancc, f.. obedience;
jurer &, to swear allegiance to.
obelisque, m., obelisk.
obier, m., snowballtree, guelder rose.
objectif, a., (mil, opt.) objective;
ligne ve, (mil.) line to the objective;
verre , (opt.) object glass.
objectif, m., (opt.) object glass, objective, lens
(mil.) objective;
achromatique, achromatic lens;
aplanetique, (phot.) aplanaticlens;
compose, built-up lens, object glass;
diaphragme au Ijn, (phot.) lens in which the
ratio of diaphragm opening to focal distance
is 1:;
double, doublet lens;
a'emission, object glass of a field signaling
apparatus;
ft grand angle, grand angulaire, (phot.)
wide-angle lens;
principal, (mil.) the final objective, the objective
proper;
O.
nullitC, f., in columns of numbers, ditto marks in
blank spaces; (law) fatal defect in a document,
etc.;
d'un brevet, voidance of a patent;
ft peine de , under penalty of disapproval.
numeraire, a., m., numerary; of legal value
(money); coined money; specie, cash; (nav.)
numerary (of a signal); number signal;
de la banque, reserve of a bank;
envoi de , transfer of specie;
fictif, paper money;
pierre , milestone;
reel, coin;
valeur , legal value, legal tender.
numeral, a. numeral , ;
arithmetique e, arithmetic proper (as distinguished
from algebra) ;
lettres es, v. s. v. leltre.
numeration, f., numeration, action of counting;
notation.
num6rique, a., numerical.
numero, m., number (in a series); number of a
periodical; number of a vessel, of a regiment,
of a battery, etc.; (art.) cannoneer, ''number;"
(mil.) number (drawn by lot);
bon , (mil.) a number exempting the drawer
from military service ;
a* it controle annuel, (Fr. a.) number of an
officer, man, or horse on the conlrole annuel
(q. v.) of the administrative unit interested;
international, (nav.) official number of a ship
in international code;
mauvais , (mil.) a number requiring military
service to be performed;
matricule, v. s. v., matricule;
d'ordre, serial number;
du repertoire (des-reservistes et disponibles),
( Fr. a.) number of a man who has passed into
or into the dis-
the reserve of the active army
ponibilite;
de signaux, (nav.) signal number.
numerotage, m., numbering, telling off.
nume'roter, v. a., to number ;
se , (mil.) to call off, to count fours.
nuque, f., nape; (hipp.) poll;
couvre , v. couvre-nuque;
mal de , (hipp.) poll-evil.
nutation, f., habitual shaking of the head; nutation.
nysfebastine, f., (expl.) nysebastine (a dynamite
with a chlorate-mixture base).
objectif rectilineaire, (phot.) rectilinear objective;
rectilineaire grand angle, (phot.) wide-angle
rectilinear lens;
secondaire, (mil.) intermediate objective, one
necessary to carry out the principal;
simple, (opt.) simple objective;
verre d' , (opt.) objective.
objet, m., object, thing;
s de consommation, expendable articles, stores;
s Jiors de service, condemned, unserviceable
articles;
s ouvres, prepared articles;
s de rechangc, spare parts.
obligataire, m., bondholder.
obligation, f., obligation; bond (e. g., a railroad
bond);
au service militaire, (mil.) liability to military
service.
obiiquangle, a., oblique-angled.
oblique, a., oblique, askew, slanting, slant; indirect;
(substantively) an oblique line;
a droite (gauche) (mil.) right (left) oblique;
faire une route , (nav.) to traverse;
feux s, (mil.) oblique fire;